H $_{2}$ O超脉泽星系吸积盘与喷流方向的关系
Accretion disk versus jet orientation in H$_{2}$O megamaser galaxies
摘要：
描述活动星系核的范例的一个重要部分是射电喷流与次pc大小的吸积盘的相关旋转轴之间的对准。由于所涉及的线性和角度尺度很小，这种对齐还没有在足够数量的低光度活动星系核（LLAGN）中得到检验。该项目打算通过在与吸积盘相同的物理尺度上测量无线电连续谱来检查这一范例的有效性，以调查这些盘与无线电连续谱之间的任何可能联系。我们观察了一个样本的18个LLAGN在4.8 GHz（6厘米）的无线电连续使用甚长基线阵列（VLBA）与3.3至6.5毫角秒的分辨率。选择的来源显示的边缘吸积盘揭示了22 GHz的H $_{2}$ O超脉泽发射和无线电喷流的签名。此外，这些来源以前曾在甚大天线阵的33 GHz无线电连续观测中被发现。在观测到的18个星系中，有5个被检测到8 σ或更高的水平（Mrk 0001，Mrk 1210，Mrk 1419，NGC2273和UGC 3193）。虽然所有这些源都已知有脉泽盘，但这五个源中有四个展示了一个具有已知方向的脉泽盘。对于所有四个源，无线电连续相对于脉泽盘的旋转轴是不对准的，但在99.1%的置信水平下，方向不是随机的，并且被限制在脉泽盘法线的32度内的圆锥。在这四个源中，微波激射盘的内径越大，射电连续谱相对于微波激射盘法向矢量的失调越小。此外，5 GHz VLBA射电连续谱和[OIII]光度之间的相关性，也与H $_{2}$ O脉泽盘的内径。
英文摘要：
An essential part of the paradigm describing active galactic nuclei is the alignment between the radio jet and the associated rotation axis of the sub-pc sized accretion disks. Because of the small linear and angular scales involved, this alignment has not yet been checked in a sufficient number of Low Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGNs). The project intends to examine the validity of this paradigm by measuring the radio continuum on the same physical scale as the accretion disks, to investigate any possible connection between these disks and the radio continuum. We observed a sample of 18 LLAGNs in the 4.8 GHz (6 cm) radio continuum using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) with 3.3 to 6.5 milliarcseconds resolution. The sources were selected to show both an edge-on accretion disk revealed by 22 GHz H$_{2}$O megamaser emission and signatures of a radio jet. Furthermore, the sources were previously detected in 33GHz radio continuum observations made with the Very Large Array. Five out of 18 galaxies observed were detected at 8 sigma or higher levels (Mrk0001, Mrk1210, Mrk1419, NGC2273 and UGC3193). While all these sources are known to have maser disks, four of these five sources exhibit a maser disk with known orientation. For all four sources, the radio continuum is misaligned relative to the rotation axis of the maser disk, but with a 99.1% confidence level, the orientations are not random and are confined to a cone within 32 degree of the maser disk's normal. Among the four sources the misalignment of the radio continuum with respect to the normal vector to the maser disk is smaller when the inner radius of the maser disk is larger. Furthermore, a correlation is observed between the 5 GHz VLBA radio continuum and the [OIII] luminosity and also with the H$_{2}$O maser disk's inner radius.
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